The Greenbrier Classic may not have a title sponsor but the amount of cash on the line is right up there with your regular PGA Tour stop. Jim Justice, a coal industry billionaire, bought the Greenbrier resort in 2009 and has poured a ton of money into revitalizing and promoting the West Virginia destination. One of its biggest weeks of the year is obviously this golf tournament, which is just in its fifth year since Justice took over and was able to get to the Tour to add it to the rota.
2014 Greenbrier Classic purse: Winner will earn $1.17 million of total $6.5 million payout
There’s a lot of money up for grabs in the hills of West Virginia on Sunday afternoon.
Jon Durr
And even though it’s not in a major market, Justice and the Greenbrier Classic put up a hefty $6.5M purse. That’s just as much as Tiger Woods’ Quicken Loans National last week at Congressional, and it guarantees the usual $1M-plus winner’s check.
Angel Cabrera held a three-shot lead at one point on the back nine, and he’s trying to break his non-major winless record. Cabrera, of course, is well-known for showing up at the majors and coming out of nowhere to compete, contend, and win. His only two PGA Tour wins are a Masters and U.S. Open, and he’s obviously been in the mix several other times during those four big weekends. This would be a nice little addition to those signature victories, and also earn him $1.17M in winnings.
George McNeil, who fired a final round 61 that included a hole-in-one, is waiting in the clubhouse and hoping Cabrera drops a shot or two down the stretch in order to make it a playoff. McNeil has two PGA Tour wins and almost $9.3M in career earnings, while Cabrera has cashed almost $22M in his Tour career.
Here are the payout totals from the $6.5M purse for the top 25 this week in West Virginia:
UPDATE -- The final totals:
| Place | Player | Score | Payout |
| 1 | Angel Cabrera | -16 | $1,170,000 |
| 2 | George McNeill | -14 | $702,000 |
| 3 | Webb Simpson | -10 | $442,000 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Brendon Todd | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Chris Stroud | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Will Wilcox | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Cameron Tringale | -9 | $227,036 |
| T4 | Billy Hurley III | -9 | $227,036 |
| T11 | Charlie Beljan | -8 | $137,800 |
| T11 | Jason Bohn | -8 | $137,800 |
| T11 | Steve Marino | -8 | $137,800 |
| T11 | Joe Durant | -8 | $137,800 |
| T11 | Michael Thompson | -8 | $137,800 |
| T16 | Danny Lee | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | Troy Merritt | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | Sang-Moon Bae | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | David Lingmerth | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | Bubba Watson | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | Jim Renner | -7 | $91,186 |
| T16 | Kevin Chappell | -7 | $91,186 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay | -6 | $62,400 |
| T23 | J.B. Holmes | -6 | $62,400 |
| T23 | Bill Haas | -6 | $62,400 |
| T26 | Ted Potter, Jr. | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Johnson Wagner | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Patrick Reed | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | David Toms | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Scott Langley | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Robert Allenby | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Andrew Loupe | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Luke Guthrie | -5 | $44,236 |
| T26 | Camilo Villegas | -5 | $44,236 |
| T35 | Carl Pettersson | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Scott Stallings | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Tom Watson | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Shawn Stefani | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Brice Garnett | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Michael Putnam | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Jonas Blixt | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Kyle Stanley | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Davis Love III | -4 | $28,698 |
| T35 | Steve Stricker | -4 | $28,698 |
| T45 | Chris Kirk | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Josh Teater | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Andres Romero | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Heath Slocum | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Richard Lee | -3 | $18,219 |
| T45 | Troy Matteson | -3 | $18,219 |
| T52 | Stephen Ames | -2 | $15,158 |
| T52 | Kevin Na | -2 | $15,158 |
| T52 | Justin Leonard | -2 | $15,158 |
| T52 | Charles Howell III | -2 | $15,158 |
| T52 | Hudson Swafford | -2 | $15,158 |
| T57 | Tyrone van Aswegen | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | Tim Wilkinson | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | Jason Gore | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | Wes Roach | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | J.J. Henry | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | Bronson La'Cassie | -1 | $14,300 |
| T57 | Trevor Immelman | -1 | $14,300 |
| T64 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | E | $13,585 |
| T64 | Andrew Svoboda | E | $13,585 |
| T64 | Brendon de Jonge | E | $13,585 |
| T64 | David Hearn | E | $13,585 |
| T68 | Chad Collins | 1 | $13,130 |
| T68 | Matt Bettencourt | 1 | $13,130 |
| T68 | Oliver Goss | 1 | $13,130 |
| 71 | Robert Streb | 2 | $12,870 |
| 72 | Gary Woodland | 3 | $12,740 |
| T73 | Ken Duke | 4 | $12,545 |
| T73 | Roberto Castro | 4 | $12,545 |
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